Roller Choppers

[Brian Beauchamp]

Anyone know where I can get one around SE Oklahoma? New, used, rental...anything. We need to get some debris and woody regen knocked down before burning next spring.

[ely]

brian, our company is renting one from vermeer dealer in OKC. if what you are looking for is the fecon type brush cutter. it is mounted on a 100 hp tracked type skid steer.

[Brian Beauchamp]

Thanks, Ely. What size debris/brush does that handle? ...have some pics to share?  ;D

[ely]

no i wish i had took some pics of it, but when i get near a machine like that all i do is run it to death.  once it leaves our AO its back to the chainsaw for me so i try and get all i can out of those loaners while they are here.
but that particular machine i used to reclear over grown swamps and right of way. it will walk right through pine and oak up to and including 4 inch dia. material. if you take care and back back over the mown area it will look like a golf course. i don't i always hog it down in timely fashion and get on with the biz. i did slow down long enough to cut down a 14 inch base pine tree and a 10 inch or so oak tree that was encroaching on the ROW. it just takes a little more fineese to do the larger stuff with that machine.

the company does however rent bigger machines that will cut anysize you have to deal with.

[Urbicide]

Here is a link to Gyro-Trac out of Quebec. They have videos of some of  their equipment which are pretty cool to watch. I don't even want to know how much they cost. ;D

http://www.gyrotrac.net/general.htm

[Harvey]

It's unreal what those machines can do,  what a way to clear land.

[Dale Hatfield]

I spent a day with the gyro track people and machines. They work really well and and wish i had a toy of mass veg-destruction like that. all that and a cummins motor too